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white breasted nuthatch
starts at top, circling to ground
good thing trees are round!
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9 (KJV)
the old leafless oak
does not squabble with the storm
that paints her branches
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:11 (ESV)
“When the leaves return
and the ground goes back to green…”
Faith. The wise owl waits.
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
Proverbs 4:18 (NIV)
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the birch leads the way
with its six saplings in tow
fences make good rows
In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling.
Exodus 15:3 (NIV)
at twenty below
under mountains of fresh snow
the squirrel finds a home
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, Lord preserve both people and animals.
Psalm 36:6 (NIV)
the smallest of seeds
growing into thick forest
sure as the sunrise
In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
James 3:17 (NIV)
the heart of winter
and the power of the cross
beckoning the lost
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.
Jesus- John 12:32 (NIV)
full moon, frosty tree
hanging in the balances
opportunity
He has made everything beautiful in its time.
Ecclesiastes 3:11a (NIV)
cloaked with pure white snow
the balsam trees seem to know
‘just keep pointing up’
For this is what the Lord says–he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited–he says: “I am the Lord and there is no other.”
Isaiah 45:18 (NIV)
the frosty oak limbs
catching the first morning sun
point to rays of hope
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
Isaiah 40:31a (NIV)
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